Eastern Sun, 29 May 1968

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 659 Wednesday. 29 May 1968. 'fr MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 426 1 PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) AMERICAN and North Vietnamese nego1' tiators today begin consultations with their Governments on their next moves at the fortnight-old preliminary peace talks. The talks have yet to yield progress and the fifth full scale negotiating session yesterday showed no change in
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  • 225 1 SINGAPORE. Tue s. Singapore was today declared a cholera free area. A Ministry of Health statement making the declaration said that since the outbreak of cholera on April 17, 52 contacts were under surveillance in the Middleton Hospital; 137 other persons were also investigated
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  • 103 1 JAKARTA. Tues. (Reuter) Garuda Airlines rushed an investigation team to Bombay today hours after the crash there of one of its jets which claimed the lives of 29 passengers and crew. The crash of the aircraft was Garuda’s first abroad, but it was a heavy
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  • 49 1 PARIS. Tues. (Reuter) The French Government has accepted the resignation of Education Minister Alain Peyrefitte. Prime Minister Georges Pompidou announced here today. M. Peyrefitte's resignation had been widely expected after the outbreak of student violence and unrest that sparked the giant strike wave in France.
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  • 88 1 Che Rohana binte Ahmadun. a second-year arts student of the University of Malaya, did not take part in the fencing match between the freshies and the seniors on Monday. But temptation was so great that after the 16-bout friendly duel. Rohana took Captain Low Say Pun by
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  • 452 1 PARIS. Tues. (Reuter) As millions of workers throughout France remained on strike today, it became clear that nothing less than the blood of the Fifth Republic would satisfy their demands. The Communist Party a nd the federation of the left yesterday exchanged letters
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  • 40 1 MADRAS Tues. (Reuter) Twenty people were killed and 80 injured when a goods train smashed into a passenger train standing at Renigunta station 100 kilometres (65 miles) northwest of Madras today. Two coaches of the train were crushed.
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  • 304 1  -  By M. T. LINGAM KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The AntiCorruption Agency took over the functions of the Customs Department here this afternoon when it clamped down on a wellorganised opium smuggling syndicate in the city. They seized three sacks of opium valued at well over
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  • 93 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Customs officers from the Preventive Headquarters here were called out last night by the Anti-Corruption Agency to investigate a tipoff smuggling of dangerous drugs. A party of Customs officers led by Senior Superintendent of Customs. Enche Nuri bin Sam Abdul Latiff. together with an A.C.A.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 96 2 The seminar is organised hy the Malaysian Institute of Management. Sitting on the extreme left is the Secretary of the Bank Negara
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    • 513 2  -  By H.M.S. Sutan OINGAPORE, Tues. Asian Governments have been urged to start thinking of utilising nuclear energy as a source of generating power for its industr i a I i s a tion programme. This call was made by U Nyun. Executive Secretary.
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    • 129 2 EIGHT-year -old Susan Dedimead, youngest daughter of Wing Commander Derek Dedimead, who is serving with Headquarters Far East Air Force, delightedly displays the insignia of an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, presented to her father at an Investiture held at the residence of
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    • 290 2  -  By Seagham Maynes LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Prospects of expanding Singapore's trade with Britain were examined today by its Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. and Mr. Anthony Cropland, President of the Board (Minister) of Trade. British officials said Mr. Crosland was interested in hearing
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    • 1123 2  - The twin virtues to economic wonders: Hard work thrift No royal road to prosperity says Tun Tan at MIM seminar By C. F. LEE KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin, today stressed the need for the country to adopt a more realistic attitude towards the standards
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    • 378 2 RUAI.A LUMPUR. Tues The Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications. Tun V. T. Samhanthan. announced here today the overseas telex service will he extended to Papua and New Guinea from Saturday. MALACCA. Tues A marine diver of Christmas Island on leave here was robbed of his Rolex
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    • 82 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Red Cross Society will hold it? second monthly draw for lucky blood donors on Friday at 5.30 p.m. in Red Cross House here. Che Dah binte Mohamad Noor. wife of the Minister for Social Affairs, has agreed to draw the
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    • 35 2 SINGAPORE. Tues.— The Singapore Blood Transfusion Service mobile team will be stationed at Red Cross House on Saturday between 2 p.m. and 5.30 p.m.. and on Sunday between 9 a.m. and 12.30 p.m.
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    • 38 2 SINGAPORE. Tues Toto coupons will be on sale at General Post Office and at the temporary offices of the Singapore Pools (Private) Limited at 716, Mountbatten Road from tomorrow,’ and at other Post Offices from Friday.
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    • 335 3  -  $9 MIL. JOINT VENTURE By K. S. SIDHU SINGAPORE, Tues. Negotiations on the conversion of Seletar Air Base to an aviation service and overhaul centre are in the fi- nal stages. The plan, a joint venture between an Australian firm and the Singapore Government, will involve
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    • 474 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The attitude of motor-cyclists and scooterists to the use of crash helmets has changed noticeably during the past few days. Disclosing this. Mr. D.W. C. Gawne, head of the Emergency Unit of the General Hospital, said this Indicated that the current crash helmet
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    • 130 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Singapore's Ambassador to Cambodia. Professor Ernest Steven Monteiro has been appointed Pro-Chancellor of the University of Singapore. The office of Pro-Chancel-lor carries with it no formal duties, but if for any reason the Chancellor is unable to exercise any of his functions, he may
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    • 220 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Minister of Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, will be asked to elaborate on the "instant transfer" of teachers when Parliament sits again after June 1. Some teachers have been transferred at a moment’s notice via a telephone call, according to
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    • 202 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Singapore pianist. Miss Clara Verghese. will be featured in the first of a new series of concerts sponsored by the Singapore Musical Society on Sunday at 4 p.m. The concerts are called “Sunday Afternoon Concerts For Young People” and will be
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    • 74 3 SINGAPORE. Tues—The 4th Asian Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has received numerous entries from Singapore and Malaysia for its emblem contest. Because of the response the closing date for entries for the Asian-wide contest has been extended to July 31 The winning emblem will be adopted by the
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    • 22 3 SINGAPORE. Tues There were 114 road accidents, of which one was serious. during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    • 291 3 Bv SUHALMI BIDIN SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore has been selected as the newest site for a “home from home” project for Norwegian seamen. The Norwegian Govern- ment Seamen Welfare Board is hunting for a suitable site in the Republic to build a playground
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    • 108 3 12.45 p.m.-2 p.m. The Rotary Club of Singapore weekly luncheon at the Blue Room, Capitol Building. 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Jaycee fellowship luncheon (M) at 4A. Prince Street. 3 p.m. 8 p.m. Free mass community X-ray station at Woodlands Community Centre, 15-1/2 m.s., Woodlands Road. 5.30 p.m. 9
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    • 91 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Government is offering an assortment of 85 motor-cai£ and motorcycles, three moving machines and eight other items of stores at two public auctions to be held on June 4 and 5. Both auctions will commence from 10 a.m. on each day. The one
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    • 343 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. Top Hong Kong him stars Betty Loh Ti and Kelly Lei Chen today called on the Minister for Social .Affairs, Enche Othman W’ok at his office in Empress Place. After a brief exchange of greetings and gifts, the two stars met the
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    • 366 4 KUALA LUMPUR, "T U es. Malaysia and Indonesia have been agreed to establish a joint Commission of Trade and Economics Relations aimed at further strengthening direct trade between the two countries, said Dr. Lim Swee Aun, the Minister
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    • 256 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, will have many profitable lessons to learn and many ideas to exchange during her talks with Malaysian leaders when she arrives here for a fourday visit tomorrow. “Such a frank and
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    • 234 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The move to give Sessions Court Presidents and Magistrates wider powers to help clear the backlog of court cases will be discussed at the next meeting of the Bar Council on June 15. The Chairman of
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    • 152 4 PENANG. Tues A teacher. Tan Hock Lai, was acquitted and discharged on two charges of forgery and infringing the Government's copvright of a booklet in the Magistrate’s Court this afternoon. He pleaded not guilty to forging the book “Actual objective tests in general science for
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    • 42 4 Pix shows the “Samurai” type swords, daggers, parang scrapper and a .32 revolver seized from a house at Chan Sow Lin Road, Kuala Lumpur, during a mid-night raid by the Special Investigation Section of the Selangor Police led by ASP M. Govindasamy.
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    • 382 4 IPOH. Tues The President of the People's Progressive Party, Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam, foresaw no further expansion of the United Opposition Front against the ruling Alliance in the forthcoming general elections. At present, the United Opposition Front consisted of the People's Progressive
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    • 160 4 PENANG. Tues. Another case of cholera has been confirmed in the General Hospital here this morning, bringing the total to two in Penang Island. A 63-year-old woman, residing in Transfer Road, who was admitted to hospital last Saturday with diarrhoea. was found to be a
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    • 78 4 MALACCA. Tues A wood processing factorv is being planned here by a Japanese firm of industrialists. The Chief Minister. Haji Talib bin Karim, disclosed this yesterday when he opened a $7,000 balai raya at Pegoh. 18 miles from here. He said the firm planned to export the
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    • 328 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. “Fantasy”, that is now the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services described the Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin’s statement on pay rise demands for public employees. The Secretary General of the Congress, Enche Jamaluddin bin Mohd.
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    • 387 4  -  By MARTIN LIM SINGAPORE. Tues Two years ago a frightened 19-year-old student decided to take a taxi because it was getting late and she w-as alone at a bus-stop in Bras Basah Road. But the 10-cent taxi ride did not end
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    • 201 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Mr. V. Manickavasagam was accused of being an "ineffective and irresponsible” Minister of Labour, by the Democratic Action Party. The Organising Secretary of the party, Mr. Lim Kit Siang. addressing the Tampoi branch said it was the “height of irresponsibility” on
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    • 130 4 National Art Gallery (Jalan Ampang): Exhibition of batek design and art 10 a into 6 p.m. Peninsular Art Gallery (41, Jalan Raja Muda): Works of prominent Malaysian artists 9 a m. to 6 p.m. Jalan Weld Swimming Pool: 9.30 a m. to 12.30 pm. 2 to 5 p.m
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    • 1694 10  -  Doreen Koh: I told my mum and sister, ‘Look, this friend (accused) has no concern at all’ By R. V. LINGAM SINGAPORE, Tues. The demeanour of the accused in the Gene Koh murder trial was "cautious, careful and calm" during his
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    • 626 10  -  By MARTIN LIM SINGAPORE. Tues. A murder inquiry was told today of how the victim's adopted daughter was charmed into carrying out all the wishes of the accused, Hassan bin Tambi, alias Ong Wei Siong, 40. The 18-year-old girl finally broke away from
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    • 103 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues The Selangor State Government is to sell to the public 2.000 acres of land in the new State Capital site at Sungei Renggam. 15 miles from here, the Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Harun bin Haji Idris, disclosed today. Applicants would be asked for
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    • 63 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. A proposal to start labour intensive industries owned and run by its members was made by the Army Civil Services Union today. It proposed to use the r»> dundancy payments made to its members by the British authorities for this purpose. The ACSU booed that
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    • 138 10 JAKARTA. Tues. (CPI) A Navy spokesman in Palembang. South Sumatra. has accused Singapore fishing boats of illegally catching fish in Indonesian waters off Bangka and Billiton islands. Ihe official news agency Antara today reported Palembang Port Authority Chief Muhaman as saving that Singapore fishing boats
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    • 70 10 SINGAPORE, Tues The body of a 59-year-old man was this afternoon found floating in the Singapore River, just opposite the Marine Police Station. Police identified the dead man as Tan Poon Yong, of Prince Philip Avenue who was last seen alive at 6.30 p.m. yesterday.
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    • 405 11  -  By BEN VARIYAN LUMPUR, Tues. Selangor police yesterday carried out a mid-night raid on a house at Chan Sow Lin Road here and detained a man believed to be the leader of the notorious "Loh Kuan" gang that has been terrorising the capital with a spate
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    • 164 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue*. It was moths, moths, moths thousands of them at the Subang International Airport this morning. There were so many on the ceilings they looked like part of the decoration of the building. Many of these Atlas moths on the floor were trampled to
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    • 147 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tu« Five Colonels of the Malaysian Army will leave for Washington at the end of this month for a month’s study tour of the U.S. They are Col. N. Selvarjah. chief engineer. Col. R. S Corbitt. Director of Medical Services. Lt. Col.
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    • 63 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Malaysian Government has agieea to the appointment of Mr. Abeyratne Cud ah Leonard Ratwatte as the New High Commissioner for Ceylon in Malaysia. At present he is High Commissioner for Ceylon in Ghana. His appointment follows the death of Mr. M M. Maharoof.
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    • 86 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues More than 2.000 under-pri-vileged children will attend a special show by the Holiday On Ice troupe at Stadium Negara on Saturday at 3 p.m. The show will be sponsored by Fraser and Neave. a soft-drink manufacturing firm here. A spokesman
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    • 28 11 MUAR. Tues. The Mersing District Rural Development committee will spend $32,000 on the construction of two mosques and suraus this year under the Rural Development Plan.
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    • 310 11 LAYANG LA YANG. JOhore, Tues. Thieves broke open the Oil Palm of Malaya Cooperative stores mainshop here last night and took away a safe containing cash, cheques, coupons and a post office savings account book worth more than $30,000. They also took away a hand-operated
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    • 156 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A civil suit against the holder of a Social Welfare Lottery ticket which won the first prize, was dismissed with costs by a Sessions Court here today. The claim was brought against S. T. Singam of the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives bv S.
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    • 38 11 PENANG. Tues The Chairman of the State Solidarity Week Committee. Enche Aziz Ibrahim, will present prizes to winners of the Solidarity Week essay contest at the Education Department, Bangunan Tuanku Syed Putra. at 3 p.m. tomorrow
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    • 212 11 Asian students in Kingswood College. Perth, provided a big treat for academic staff and fellowundergraduates. They took over the college kitchen for most of an afternoon and evening and prepared a delicious meal which they served to their colleagues. Kingswood is a residential
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    • 367 11  -  BY HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Theatre Club here are burning the midnight oil for its next production of George Bernard Shaw’s “Candida” early next month. Rehearsal* are in full swing under the hands of producer Charles Potter who took over
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    • 76 11 PETALING JAYA, Tues. The National Productivity Centre here will hold a course on export promotion from June 17 to 21. The Public Relations Officer of the Centre. Enche Kamil Bahrin bin Abiden, said the course will be conducted by Mr. A.J. Carl Luther, a training adviser
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    • 96 11 PENANG. Tues.—A 25-year-old fruit-seller from Simpang Ampat, Province Wellesley South, Ooi Seng Huat. was today found guilty in the Sessions Court of possessing a pistol and ammunition and sentenced to a total of five years’ jail. On' the first count of possession of a .32
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    • 27 11 TELUK ANSON. Tues. The Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, will open the Methodist Girls’ School (primary) here op Saturday. The school costs $160,000.
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    • 144 11 SUNG EI PATANI. Tues. The General Secretary of the All-Malayan Estate Staff Union. Mr. T. P. D. Nair, has appealed to estate owners to re-instate workers who have been served with retrenchment notices and those who have already been retrenched. Mr. Nair.' who was speaking at
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    • 85 11 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. An official of the Indian Foreign Ministry. Mr. J. S. Mehta, arrived by air today to make preparations for a conference of Indian ambassadors and High Commissioners here on Thursday. The conference will coincide with the four-dav official visit of
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    • 382 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Selangor traffic chief, Supt. Mansor bin Mohd. Nor, today issued a strict warning against motor cyclists using the Federal Highway as a track for trying out maximum speed capabilities; of their machines. He said he had received complaint* from people travelling along
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    • 83 11 SLIM RIVER. Tues. eTwo brothers, Abdullah Talib. 14. and Tahir, 12. were drowned when their boat capsized in Sungei Bemam, 12 miles from here, on Sunday. Their bodies were recovered this morning 100 yards from the spot where the boat capsized. The two were with
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    • 67 11 PARIT BUNTAR, Tues.-* Anti- cholera jabs are now available at the following centres in the district: District HospitaL Pant Buntar, health sub-centres at Bagan Serai, government dispensary at Kuala Kurau. and all health sub centres in the Krian District during office hours. The Krian Health Officer, Dr.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 95 5 OTTAWA. Tues. (UPI) wUI Bive India a US$36B million development loan to build a key satellite station in its telecommunications network, External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp announced today. The station will be constructed at Poona, 120 miles east of Bombay, and will link India
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    • 91 5 RIO DE JANEIRO. Tues. fUPI) Doctors at Silvestre Hospital in Rio de Janeiro said they carried out a successful transplant of a pancreas Jast Saturday night. Hospital spokesmen said If the operation were fully successful, it would be the first in medical history. Other pancreas transplants
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    • 641 5 HONG KONG, Tues. (UPI) American anj British authorities today rejected a Communist Chinese demand that the American nuclear attack aircraft carrier USS Enterprise leave Hong Kong immediately. A spokesman for the United States Consulate General said the 85.350-ton warship of the U.S. "th Fleet
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    • 53 5 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) President Johnson yesterday nominated William H. Crook as the new U.S. Ambassador to Australia. President Johnson was expected to present Mr. Crook to Australian Prime Minister John Gorton last night. Mr. Crook, a Baptist Minister who is assistant director of the office
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    • 37 5 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Mrs. John F. Kennedy is enjoying a n unusually secretive five-day holiday in the Caribbean, including a cruise on the yacht of Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. it was learned yesterday.
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    • 123 5 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) Dissension broke out in the ranks of the “Poor Peoples" March when a fiery leader charged his band of 350 MexicanAmericans were “abused, humiliated and discriminated against” by the Black majority at “Resurrection City.” Meanwhile 160 demonstrators walked out on a $292.66 lunch
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    • 118 5 PORTLAND. Oregon. Tues. (Reuter) Senator Robert Kennedy had a narrow escape yesterday when the plane in which he was flying and an accompanying press plane almost collided as they came in to land. The near miss occurred at Roseburg, 220 miles south of Portland where Senator
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    • 542 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) The nuclear-powered submarine Scorpion, carrying a crew of 99 and maintaining radio silence for the last six days, is missing in the stormy Atlantic, the Pentagon said last night. A vast search by submarines, surface ships and airplanes was underway despite "Very, very
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    • 217 6 PRAGUE, Tues. (UPI). Communist Party leader Alexander Dubcek Moeday pledged adherence to‘‘Marxism and Leninism” and continued ‘‘firm friendship —i with the Soviet Union. Observers interpreted the new pledge as evidence Dubcek’s regime was moving toward a middle of the road position
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    • 147 6 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) Deputy US. negotiator Cyrus Vance returned to Washington in a driving rain last night to make the first report to the White House on the Vietnam war contact with North Vietnamese delegates in Paris. Asked if he expected to he met at the
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    • 55 6 OMAHA. Nebraska. Tues. '(Reuter) The first Bontebok, a rare antelope, ever bom in the United States, is now romping at Omaha's Zoo. The calf, one of only about 250 members of the species known to exist in the world, was bom recently, and its sex
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    • 30 6 W ASHINGTON. Tues (UPI) Japan Air Lines (JAL) hopes to obtain landing rights in Mexico City before the Olympic Games start there, a Japanese embassy official said yesterday.
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    • 148 6 TOKYO. Tues (UPI) Communlat China yesterday lodged a strong protest with Britain against the use of Hong Kong as a “base of operations and a logistics centre" for the American "War of Aggression” in Vietnam. New China News Agency monitored in Tokyo today said
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    • 106 6 MAHANOY CITY. Pennsylvania Tues. (UPI) A routine check of the dental charts of the accused assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. confirmed on Monday he was not killed and buried in a shallow grave near here. Police and Federal Bureau of Investigation investigators
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    • 368 6 QUANTICO, Virginia, Tues. (UPI) Two young Marine combat veterans testified at the Court Martial of Cpl. Stanley J. Luczko yesterday that they were told by a sergeant to make sure their
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    • 110 6 JAKARTA. Tues (Reuter) The Indonesian Mine* Ministry has granted survey rights to Australian and Canadian companies and a Japanese consortium in the framework of an international tender. Official sources say the concerns are Kathleen of Australia. Placer of Canada and a Japanese Consortium named
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    • 115 6 NEW ORLEANS Tues (CPI> Heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay yesterday filed a petition for a re-hearing of hi* draft evasion eonviction with the 5th Cireuit Court of Appeals. The Circuit Court had earlier affirmed Clay* conviction. refusing to accept the boxer’s arguments that he should not be
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    • 108 6 MEXICO CITY. Tues. (UPI) American Consulates In Mexico have been told to enli&t the aid of Mexican law officers In locating James Earl Ray. wanted in connection with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mr Conrad Manley, U.S. Embassy
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    • 197 6 new YORK. Tues. (UPI) New York’s police and firemen took full-page Ads in the city’s morning papers today in an appeal for public support for their members whom they said were being victimised by increasing violence in the
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    • 131 6 JAKARTA. Tues (UPI) A Jakarta special court is scheduled to announce on Friday its verdict in the subversion trial of tw*o former ministers in ex-Presi-dent Sukarno’s last Cabinet. The two defendants, exMinister of Information Achmadi Hadisumarto and ex-Resettlement and Co-ope-ratives Minister Mohammad Achadi. yesterday pleaded
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    • EASTERN SUN U.N.C.L.E. FAN CLUB NEWS
    • 638 7 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) President Johnson and Prime Minister John Gorton of Australia last night sought to reassure the nations of Asia that they would work together for the benefit of Asia. Pres. Johnson said: “I know that there are some in Asia and elsewhere
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    • 29 7 WASHINGTON. Tues (Reuter) The White House announced yesterday that President Johnson would nominate former New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner as ambassador to Spain.
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    • 37 7 LONDON. Tues. < Reuter) American Star Gretchen Wyler was rushed to the London Clinic for an emergency appendicitis operation today, four weeks after she took over the lead in the hit musical "Sweet Charity.”
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    • 508 7 TOKYO, Tues. (UPI) If the Japanese want Okinawa back, according to informed American sources here, they are going to have to fish or cut bait. In other words. the American position is that the Japanese must now come up with a definitive
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    • 548 7 French Premier after crucial talks PARIS, Tues. (UPI) President Charles de Gaulle's government has bought peace in the paralysing strike in France s history. But the final bill is likely to be frighteningly high. A g r e e mrnt> hammered out during 36 hours
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    • 165 7 JAKARTA. Tuev (Reuter) Deposed President Sukarno has been given permission to visit Jakarta to attend the wedding of his eldest daughter Megawati. He is believed to have been in Jakarta for two weeks before the secret wedding which took place yesterday. Family friends
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    • 249 7 BOMBAY. Tues. (1*P1). All 29 persons aboard an Indonesian Garuda Coronado jet airliner were feared killed when the plane crashed early this nrnrning at Nalla Sopara township, about 28 miles norm of Bombay. The plane, carrying 15 passengers and a crew of 14.
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    • 142 7 I) IRTMUND, (DaD) A children's paradise was built 3 n the green hanks of the River Ruhr between Dort*r, ni and Schwerte, in the middle of the Federal Rett ,Pc's main industrial area. A careful imitation of a Medieval tilt-cart with four proud
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    • 48 7 SOUTHAMPTON. England. Tues. (Reuter) Firemen early today won a six-hour battle to control a fierce fire that ravaged empty cabins aboard the 28.582-ton Union Castle liner, Pendenis Castle. The vessel arrived yesterday and passengers had gone ashore by the time the fire broke out.
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    • 105 7 SAO PAULO Brazil, Tues. lUPI Cowboy Joao Ferreira da Cunha. LatinAmerica’s first heart transplant patient, was reported doing “wonderfully well” and asking for solid food. “He's a very happy boy,” doctors at the 2.000-bed hospital Das Cllnicas said. “He woke up thLs morning and said,
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    • 47 7 LISBON, Tues. (Reuter) There are about 50.000 blind or people suffering from diseases that can lead to blindness in the Portuguese overseas territory of Mozambique. But 10 to 20 per cent of these affected could be easily cured. according to the health service.
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    • 140 7 Japan’s role after V’ nam war TOKYO. Tues. (Reuter)— The Japanese Foreign Minister Mr. Takeo Miki said today Japan should study carefully the role she should play in the AsiaPacific region after the Vietnam war. He was speaking at the opening of the four-day annual meeting of Japanese diplomats stationed
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    • 136 7 CAPE TOWN. Tues. Keuter) Defence Minister Pieter Botha told Parliament today that if other countries could not or wonld not help. South Africa herself would safeguard the sea. route round the cape in the interests of the free world. South Africa is seeking co-operation
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    • 56 7 RIYADH. Tues. (Reuter) The Saudi Arabian Agriculture Ministry has asked the Sudan and Pakistan about the possibility of their anti-locust aircraft participating in anti-locust operations in Saudi Arabia. The A1 Ariyadh newspaper. reporting this here today. said the ministry was taking urgent steps to face an
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    • 201 5 ****************************************4444 ************************************************************ 4 Congratulations Best Wishes 4 4 4 4 4 to D.Y.M.N. SULTAN ALI ABU BAKAR D.M.N., SIMP, D.K. (PAHANG), D.K. (BRUNEI), D.K. (JOHORE) AND G.C.M.G. on the occasion of his 64th Birthday. from DATO AW KOW DATO NGAU KEN LOCK, J.P., A.M.N., P.J.K. DATO CHONG MOONG SENG, J.P.
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    • 127 6 Robert Vaughn and David McCallum in action. Mem bersh ip Form All those who are not members of the Eastern Sun U.N.C.L.E. Fan Club and wish to join may do so by filling in the form below and sending it to:The Secretary (Application), Eastern Sun U.N.C.L.E. Fan Club, c o
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    • 42 6 MLTRO-GOLDWYN-lUAYLR presents HOW TO STEAL THEWftRLD i s. MGM DAVID McCALLOI oJtwU agents Napoleon and Ilya in their most IN METROCOLOR Adventure 1 rf m also starring BARRY SULLIVAN ELEANOR PARKER. LESLIE NIELSEN DANIEL O’HERLIHY LEO G. CARROL CATHAY OPENS TOMORROW! PALACEI
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  • 776 8 TTTHEN Malaysian parents send their children T to the university, they expect the latter to emerge as well educated young folks who will be a credit to Malaysian society. They are Also expected to find their professional niches in life so that not only will they will
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  • LETTERS...
    • 684 8 I REFER to Mr. Chen Ping Sou's letter ot May 14 more specifically to the inference that the DAP takes its directives from PAP Singapore and that its 'true leaders’ are in Singapore. This line of anti-DAP propaganda has been widely encouraged by its
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    • 199 8 Resulting from the correspondence in your columns I had an interview with Mr G.E. Bogaars, Permanent Secretary 0 f the Ministry of Defence, on the question of voluntary overtime work by civil servants in the Ministry of Defence. I then learned: 1. The suggestion came
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  • 120 8  -  K. PARRI Singapore AN interesting question arises in respect of the law requiring all male citizens between 16$ and 30 years who are matriculated or registered students of an institution of higher learning to register for National Service. What is the position of such a student who duly
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  • 781 8  -  By: S.C.R. /'AN Jan. 24, 1966, Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India. In electing her, the Congress party members in Parliament chose Jawaharlal Nehru's daughter the daughter who not only shared his life and work for a long period, but who imbibed
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  • 202 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") OALLF contested her mother's will which left everything to her brother, Stuart. "When our mother became a widow she prepared a valid will,” Stuart explained. “Just because Sally doesn't get a nickel, she has no legal
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  • Article, Illustration
    374 8  -  By Tan Lian Ann National Master TIGRAN Vartanovitch Petrosian was born on June 17. 1929 in Tiflis. the capital of Georgia. He studied chess at the age of twelve under the supervision of experts in Russia. His first sensational victory was his win against visiting Grandmaster Salo Flohr in
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Bun Independent National Newspaper WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1968 23-1 Cantonment Road. 39. |ilan Sultan. Singapore 2. Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. Telephone *****/7 Telephone: *****/6 Penang Office 8. Leith Street. Tel: ***** Ipoh Office 77. Brewster Road, Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 418 9 TOKYO. Tues.—Numerous applications have been recently pouring into the Japanese Government sponsored Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) from developing nations for permission or approval to hold industrial fairs in Japan. The trend Is taken to reflect a growing mood among the developing nations
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    • 365 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Peter Stuyvesant International Art Foundation's collection of “Art of the Space Age" is now being exhibited at the Art Museum, University of Singapore. The collection, comprising 95 works by 49 artists from 19 countries in Europe
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    • 98 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The A'sociation of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants. New York: Buying T.T 32-11/16; Airmail O.D. 3213/16; 90 d/st. 33i credit bill*; 33-9/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 35i; Airmail O.D. 35j; 90 d/st 36* credit bills; 36* trade
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    • 23 9 HONG Kong Tues. (UPI) Money Quotations: HK$6.lll/6.1237 per US dollar for cash. HK514.50 per pound sterling. HK5311.75 per tael gold.
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    • 19 9 WASHINGTON. Tu«». (Reuter) General Services Administration reported no offers were received today to buy stockpiled tin.
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    • 193 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. More cameras will click and movie cameras whirr during June when Kodak (Malaya) Limited launches two special offers on pro- cessing of colour film. For the still photographers, there will be free processing of Kodacolor-X film when customer order Kodacolor prints at the
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    • 319 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. June first grade rubber f ob. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 55$ cents per lb., up two cents from previous close. The tone was steady. Despite lack of follow through in London after last night’s pronounced rise here.
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    • 146 9 LONDON Tues (UPI) Stock prices took another hiding today. A lack of buying interest together with some small selling pushed leading industrials down by as much as 1 shilling 6 pence and it was left for bid activity. weekend tips and one or two good company
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    • 103 9 LUXEMBOURG. T u e s. (UPI) Finance Ministers of the six Common Market countries met today for their quarterly review of fiscal, budgetary and monetary problems. The two-day meeting is under Chairmanship of Pierre Werner. Luxembourg Premier and Treasury Minister. The Ministers were scheduled
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    • 1384 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Further “bull" buying made for very active industrial and property market on the Stock Exchange today and the volume of business soared to a new high at 2.960.000 units of stocks and shares. Strong buying in National Iron and Town City
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    • 382 9 SINGAPORE.—Stock Exchange sold and offer prices officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co 3.46 Boustead XBl 1.85 C. sugar 4.18 4.30 Chemical Co. 1.51 Cold storage 4.90 Dunlop 3.26 F. smelting 6.35 645 E.A.I 2.26 Esso Ords 2.88 2.93 Fitzpatricks 2.60 F v. Ords. 438
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    • 167 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Stock prices moved slightly higher in active early trading yesterday. Second line issues starred while many Blue Chips lost fractions. Shortly before the end of the first hour of trading, the United Press International Stock Market indicator had
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    • 51 9 (.Managers' Prices) First Mala tan 2.74 second Mala tan 1 97 1Third Malatan 124 The Cnmnierce Industry XD .98 1.07 The saving Fund 111 1 20 F irM H'kong .84 89* second H kong \D .59 ■63* Malaysian Investment Fund XD 1.15 1.25 SterllnS C’modlty 5/3 Hong Kong
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    • 96 9 SINGAPORE. Tues The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are Coconut OH Buyer Bellet F.O.B.) Bulk Coconut Oil 66.75 (f O H.) Drums 6925 Loose Copra Mixed May/.iune .'1 lint ok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96%N.L.\V. 117.50 Sarawak W hlte Pepper (F.O.B.) 96%N.L.1V 115.50 Sarawak Special Black
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    • 79 9 MANDAL, Norway, Tues (Reuter) —a Norwegian Hydrofoil vessel, believed to be the biggest In the world, underwent successful trials in rough water off this South Norwegian town yesterday. Built by Westermoen Hydrofoil for a Swedish company, it carries 250 passengers or 150 passengers and eight
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    • 14 9 SINGAPORE. Tues— The tin price for today was $559 per picul, (unchanged).
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    • 97 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. —The following ships are expected to be in port today: 1/2 Millstar 3/4 Java Mail 6/7 Kristin Bakke 8/9 Straat Rio 10/11 Kavo Peiratis 13/14 Susanne 15/16 Bayernstein 18 Fern view 19 Unkai Maru No. 6 21/22 Cattle 23/24 Sletter 29/30 Frank Lykes 31/32 Australasia
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    • 283 9 ROME. Tues (UPI) A blue-ribbon gathering of American. European and Japanese business executives urged yesterday that Europe undertake far-reaching government. educational and financial reforms to close the economic gap with the U.S. The recommendation emerged at the nd of a
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1431 10 YOUR TV and TODAY TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL S KUALA LUMPUR and Pulau Pinang: 6 Ipoh and Melaka: 3 A 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 3 Batu Pahat; 9 itlnant P.M. 5.45 Opening Annct. Prog Summary; 550 News Outline in the National Language; 5 55 National Songs; 6 00 News in
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  • Eastern Sun Special
    • 825 12 News). BOAC Air ITAMPTON Court, honeymoon home of King “Henry VIII and his wives, stands beside the River Thames 15 miles west of London ■offering a rare glimpse of authentic Tudor and Stuart England. As a tourist attraction, it has a magnetic appeal made com--plete by
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    • 1213 12  -  By H.L. Herschensohn, M.D. Although spyhilis is labelled a venereal disease, it is not always due to sexual contact. Cases have been recorded where this disease was acquired when a lip was accidentally cut by a contaminated fork. There have been many similar
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    • 439 12  -  By THAUNG MYINE Reuter. COMMUNIST guerillas operating in this remote province. 600 miles from Bangkok, have eight precepts of “do’s” and “don'ts". The “Political Command of the People’s Armed Forces” urges them to be polite and just toward the peasants. according to a Communist
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    • 509 12  -  By HAROLD SINNOTT Reuter couples wanting to break their marital ties and remarry find little consolation in a recent reform of the Argentine Civil Code allowing them to seek legal separation by mutual consent. The new ruling, expected to cut down lengthy legal
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  • HOLLYWOOD EVERYWHERE
    • Article, Illustration
      54 13 OEAUTIFUL French star, Mary-France Boyer, (above) finds herself facing a tough assignment in her latest film "SEX WITH A STRANGER''. Director Sergio Gobbi required her to foil into a mud puddle 31 times before he was satisfied with the scene. Here, after the 28th time, she seems to
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    • 405 13  -  From: Our Hong Kong correspondent FILM star Chan Po-chu, still in her teens, has done so well in recent years that she is described in Hong Kong newspapers as a "half-millionaire, with the other half to make her a full millionaire already spiritually in
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    • 125 13 PIERRE Clementi, starring in Paramount Pictures’ ‘Benjamin,” the diary of an innocent young man, is profiled in Glamour Magazine's ‘‘What’s New” section under the headline "The look of the new French idol.” The article, with a large photo of the dashing French star appears in
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    • 1244 13  -  By: Sheilah Graham pETULA Clark has upped her price to half a million dollars —for "Goodbye Mr. Chip s." Two years ago before she co-starred with Fred Astaire in "Finian's Rainbow" at Warners—s h e would willingly have accepted a tenth of her new salary.
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    • 56 13 "FAMOUS for roles displaying great military discipline. Richard Attenborough is forced to display another kind of discipline, while shooting “THE BLISS OF MRS. BLOSSOM” for Paramount. He portrays a brassiere manufacturer who never notices his girl models. With a& many as 30 brassiere-clad girls in
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 275 13 SSI I AW GANISATTOM LIDO Phone ***** LAST D»V!!! 11 am 1.30. 4 00. 6.30 A S.IS pm Hsia Mens Sc Fu Che In "OH’ THE SPRING’S HERE" Mandarin in Co!or-English Subtitles OPENS TOMORROW' Simone Sivnoret, Yves Montand "THE SLEEPING CAR MIRDER" From Warner Bros-Seven Art* CAPITOL Phone ***** LAST
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    • 404 13 Last 3 Show*: 11. 2.00 A 5.15 p m “Hsi Shlh” Brant* of Beauties Chiang Chin Chiao Lei Mandarin. Color. Grandscope with English A Chinese Subtitles) S O S.C. FILM PREMIERE! Tonight at 9 15 p m. "DI'EL IT THE ST PREME GATE” Mand.. Color-Scope. Eng ,/Chin. Subs On Stage
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  • NEWSFEATURES
    • 118 14 SYDNEY, Tues (Reuter) Putting their children into computer profession training courses was the “In” thing for Australian parents today, Mr. J. McClelland, head of the division of electronic computation at the Institute of Technology in Sydney, told a seminar. Mr. McClelland said
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    • 152 14 MANILA, Tues. (Reuter) A number of civic-minded citizens have organised themselves into a "Big brother-big sister” movement to work for the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents here. Launched at the beginning of this year, the work of the "Big brothers” and "Big sisters” started last month
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    • 37 14 PARIS. Tues. (Reuter) Five motorists angrv because they were unable to get petrol last night beat up a service station attendant in north-east Paris. The attendant was taken to hospital with severe head injuries
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    • 109 14 BRUNEI. Tues. Brunei girl* shurr Miss Tourism contest: No amount of persuasion can induce local girls to take part in Brunei's first ever Miss Tourism contest. Not a single entry has been received since the contest w r as announced. In his appeal, the contest secretary
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    • 341 14 SAIGON, Tues. (Reuter) South Vietnam, once the biggest rice exporter in Southeast Asia, will have to import more of the grain this year than ever to feed its 17.000.000 inhabitants. An official or the United States Agency for International Development (AID) today estimated rice imports
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    • 111 14 Dl ISBI RG, (DaD) The *oo of Duisburg, the city with the greatest raw-iron and steel production in all of Europe, is now the proud possessor of a great rarity in both the Federal Republic of Germany and elsewhere. A Ribbon Linsang or striped palm-roller came with
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    • 625 14  -  By David W. Chute DETROIT, Tues. (I'PI). Everyone who gets behind the wheel of a car and makes it move can call himself a motorist. Or a motor vehicle operator. But not everyone who runs a car i s a driver.
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    • 249 14 HOUSTON. Texas. Tues. (UPI) The 19-year-old former wife of a Houston bridegroom was charged yesterday in the fatal shooting of her ex-hus-band’s best man during his wedding on Saturday night. Despite Treating havoc with the ceremony, however, the woman could not keep her ex-husband
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    • 113 14 JAKARTA. Tues. (UPI) Indonesia's existing oil reserves may be drained in the not too distant future if the exploration of new oil fields is discontinued, an Indonesian geologist revealed. Dr R. P. Kusumadinata. quoting official publications, said that the production of natural oil products has been continuously
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    • 514 14 Tokyo, Tues, Reuter—The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi yesterday predicted that the Hippies are bringing about the *end of civilisation He also "forgave" his errant disciples, the Beatles, who, at a New York press conference announced they no longer believed him immortal. "I still love
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    • 111 14 HONG KONG, Tues. A life-sized dummy is being used to demonstrate the bad effects of smoking. The dummy, called "Smoking Sam.” was invented by Mr. John Chan, director of youth activities of the Hong Kong Macao Mission of Seventh-day Adventists. His “voice” is a taperecorder
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 514 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ar>n Building, Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK Brothers, 63, Bras BasaH Road, and 2, Maju Avenue, Serangoon Carden Estate, Singapore. TAY BUAN CUAN LTDSUPERMARKET. 83, East Coast Road. Singapore 15. Tel: *****9. HAMIEM STORE, 1419, Upper
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    • 74 14 TENDER J.K.R. PULAU PINANG IKLAN TAWARAN TAWARAN daripada pernborong2 yang berdaftar diJ.K.R. di-dalam kelas D dan ka-atas (Kerja2) (Kepala II) aka n di-terima di-Pejabat Jurutera Negeri, J.K.R.. Pulau Pinang, hingga jam pukol 12.00 tengah hari pada 19th Jun. 1968 untok PEMBENAAN DAN KESIAPAN SA-BUAH BALAI POLIS KECHIL DAN RUMAH JENIS
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    • 79 14 Advertiser's Name ArMrece 1 Telephone Mn Number of Insertions..— Oale(s) Requested Cost Ferment ■■>! accompany tan ardee (f.0./CStsit/C»ik enclosed! Ctrt am ke rrilitnH. Ckenaes etc. a hoi Id ke crossed. Classified advertisements may be handed at the following addresses: KUALA LUMPUR: 39 |ALAN SULTAN. TELS: *****/6 IPOHi) 8-10 TATLOCK ST.,
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  • Sun Sport
    • 770 15 SINGAPORE, Tues. —E. C. Lim and K. K. Kee are sharing the lead position in the MSA Big Bowl Classic qualifying rounds af%sr last week's play at Jackie's Bowl, Orchard. Both howled a fantastic 863 total for four games, averaging 217. Eric Oh
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    • 161 15 LONDON. Tues. Two major reports and a statement on the reorganisation of athletics, football and cricket in Britain which recommend sweeping changes in administration and promotion of sport, have been made by committees of inquiry and published this week after exhaustive investigation over the past
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    • 134 15 SEOUL Tues. (Reuter) Sbuth Korea has selected 12 players to defend their championship in the Second Asian Women's Basketball tournament to be held in Taipeh in July, The 12 players include Miss Chu-Ja Kim and another player who were members of the South Korean
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    • 30 15 IPOH. Tues. Andersonians beat Anglo Chinese School Old Boys' Association by two goals to nil a division one district hookey league fixture this evening at the Municipal padan*.
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    • 339 15 TOKYO. Tues. <TPI> World Junior welterweight champion Paul Fuji's scheduled title defence against Pedro Adigue of the Philippines has tentatively been set for Aug. 29. according to the promoters. The fight was originally scheduled for June 6. but Fuji suffered a bone fracture in his
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    • 462 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Nice name. Dino Nordin. Nice guy too. as he goes about his duties as howling instructor and assistant manager of Federal Bowl every day. But champion bowler, wishful thinking, vou say. since most of Kuala Lumpur's tournaments have been
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    • 70 15 BONN, (Germany). Tues. (UPI> Chris Irwin of Britain, who suffered brain damage when his Ford Prototype crashed in practice runs for the May 19 sports car race at Nuerburgring, is improving, doctors said Doctors refused to give details on Irwin's condition and would not say whether the
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    • 304 15 LONDON. Tues. (t'PI). English bookmakers will lose an estimated £2.000,000 if the odds-on favourite. American-owned Sir Ivor, wins tomorrow's Blue Rib- and £58.000 Epsom Derby. But one bookmaking firm. Landbrokes, said they also stood to lose to one million pounds
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    • 162 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Selangor’s Lights Athletic Club who won four out of five events at the Singapore AAA's open relay meet over the weekend will be sending a strong team to compete in the Maiacca open relays. The club will enter teams for all the
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    • 100 15 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Kazuyoshi Kanazawa. No. 4 Japanese bantamweight, won a split decision last night over Romy Guelas. No. 1 Philippine bantamweight, in a non-title 10round bout at Korakuen Hall. It was an uneventful fight with no knockdowns. Guelas did all the leading but failed
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    • 40 15 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permalsuri Agong will attend the Yang dl-Pertuan Agong Gold Cup Race at the Selangor Turf Club on June 23. He will present the cup to the winner.
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    • 1133 15 Horses Class 4s Dlv. 1 6 Furs. i Tudor Pirate 3y 9.00 Agasam Stab!* 623 Film Studio V 4v 9 00 Shaw Stahl* Tulloh 481 Dollar Seeker 4y 8 13 Osaka Stable 4 Red Tudor 4y 8 13 Mr. a Mrs. SC Law
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    • 42 16 Klaus Konzorr seen in fine style during a practice dive. Konzorr, a German champion, has represented the Republic of Germany at the Olympics in Tokyo. His ambition is to win a medal at the Mexico Games next year.
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    • 250 16 PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) The petrol famine in Paris threatens the French Open Tennis Championships. whi ch entered their second day today. A notice went up in the competitors’ room last night telling the players to try to find hotels near the Roland Garros
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    • 62 16 SINGAPORE. Tufs. Customs Sports Club thrashed Port of Singapore Authority by seven goals to nil in the Division 2A Singapore Government Services league match. In a Division 2B fixture Public Works Department and Public Utilities Board played to a scoreless draw. Immigration Sports Club and Radio
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    • 42 16 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) All fourteen horses were declared as runners for the Epsom Derby Stakes at the final forfeit stage today. The race will be run over one and a half miles at Epsom tomorrow (1435 GMT).
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    • 253 16  -  BY WINDSOR LAD IPOH. Tues. Perak Derby candidate Moonbeam stepped up his preparation lor Sunday’s classic with a solid two-round spin on a heavy track this morning. After going the first round at a steady pace Moonbeam easily ran the last 3f
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    • 61 16 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Professional boxer Samang Suwadhesong and five other Thais were injured early today in a slashing brawl at a Tokyo snack bar. police reported. Samang was knifed by a Japanese cook and will require one month's treatment, according to police reports. Police
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    • 65 16 STOCKTON. (California), Tues. (UPI) Cuply Aguirre. 133$ of the Philippines, knocked out Ulises Botero. 136 of Colombia, at 1:56 of the sixth round in the main event of a three-card bout last night. Both fighters had traded punches through the first five rounds of the scheduled 10rounder
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    • 33 16 PALM BEACH GARDENS. (Florida). Tues. (UPI) Billy Casper retained his huge lead in the Professional Golf Association money winnings with only Miller Barber and Arnold Palmer slightly denting his earnings margin.
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    • 205 16 MALACCA. Tues. The president of the Malaysian Fencing Federation. Mr. R. 1. Theseira. will visit Singapore shortly to coach fencers in the University of Singapore. Mr Theseira said arrangements have been made for him to visit the IslandRepublic to conduct a coaching course
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    • 250 16 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Hampshire openers Roy Marshall and Barry Reed set a competition scoring record when they carried their opening stand to 227 in their second round Gillette knockout cricket cup match against Bedfordshire here yesterday. The stand easily bettered the previous highest partnership
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    • 312 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Badminton Association may pull-out from two inter-State shuttle tournaments organised by the Badminton Association of Malaysia. Though the BAM have not announced the date of the 1968 tournament series it is reliably learnt that SBA would
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    • 306 16 SINGAPORE. Tues. The 3rd Singapore Company (Fairfield Methodist Girls’ School i Girls’ Brigade organised its first-ever big walk in which 223 took part on Sunday. Here are the complete results of Sunday’s big walk: Pioneers (eight miles, age 14 to 17); 1. Roja
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    • 115 16 GUAYAQUIL. (Ecuador) Tues. (UPI) In one of the longest Davis Cup tennis matches ever played. Miguel Olvera of Ecuador defeated Patricio Cornejo of Chile yesterday. 5-7, 5-7, 12-10. 6-2, 7-5, to move Ecuador into the next round against the U.S. Olvera’s victory gave Ecuador an
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    • 294 16 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Football Association of Singapore today denied that the FAS Council had recommended disciplinary action or expulsion against two officials appointed to lead the Singapore youth team to the Asian youth football tournament in Seoul recently. Mr. N. Chandra,
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    • 258 16 SINGAPORE. Tues. Defending champion. Lim Cheng Yew. will meet Ng Chor Yan in the semifinals of the youth championships to he played at the Singapore Badminton hall here tomorrow night starting at 7.30 p.m. Cheng qualified for the semi-finals after beating the Singapore Combined Sehools
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    • 45 16 SEREMBAN. Tues. Ibrahim Yeop avenged his »arlier defeat last night to take the championship title in the Negri Sembilan Club threeball billiards tournament when he beat Stanley Sreedharn by 23 points. Last month Sreedharn beat Ibrahim in the four-ball tournament.
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    • 45 16 CAMBRIDGE. Tues. (Reuter)— The Australian cricketers today beat a Combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team here by ten wickets. The universities. 105 for eight overnight, were all out for 135. The Australians, needing 26 to win, hit them without loss.
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    • 35 16 SINGAPORE. Tues.—The Singapore Civil Service Association have received a “good number of entries” for their 1968 Carrom tournament. which will be held at the Clubhouse. Tessensohn Road, commencing on Saturday at 2.15 p.m.
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    • 395 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. English football team Arsenal, who are at present on a tour of South East Asia are expected to arrive here In two groups from Japan on Friday and Saturday evening. They will take on the President’s All Stars XI.
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    • 59 15 Penang: 1.23 am. (7.0 ft.), 1.2 G p.m. (8.5 ft Port Swettenham: 7.12 am. (13.9 ft.), 7.14 pm. (14.3 ft.). v Port Dickson: 7.30 a.m. (7.6 ft.), 8.01 p.m. (8.5 ft Singapore: 12.49 a.m. (7.3 ft.), 11.37 p.m. (8.7 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 12.01 a.m. (7.5 ft.), 9.42 p.m. (60 ft).
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